You’ve seen the lists of the greatest rap albums of all time. In this episode Rootbeer and Rawhide reveal which albums from those lists they don’t actually like. Also: Rawhide recalls a fight with Rootbeer surrounding volleyball (Rootbeer does not remember it) and compares his love life to a certain artist’s early career.
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With 2022 just beginning, Rootbeer & Rawhide look to their favorite rappers to find out how to start things off the right way. Episode 40 is dedicated to the greatest opening lines in hip-hop. Also: Rawhide finally tries Mountain Dew Spark ASMR style, Rootbeer sneaks in some information about an upcoming Whiteout! 3 song while Rawhide tries and fails to use college vocabulary words.
The songs from this month’s episode have also been collected into a playlist.
In Episode 39, Rootbeer and Rawhide each list their Top 5 Albums of 2021 and look ahead into rumored albums for 2022. Listen below.
In this episode, Rootbeer and Rawhide list the album titles they feel capture the essence of the body of work, as well as some that just sound really cool. They also lament their concerns for the current state of nu-metal, describe their intimate Wu-Tang watch-along parties and find common appreciation for shirtless men.
37!? In a row?!
In this special Halloween episode, Rootbeer and Rawhide list some of their favorite spooky, scary and unsettling hip-hop songs. Along the way you’ll get to hear the heater in Rawhide’s room kick on, bad Romanian accents, Rawhide talking about a trilogy of horrorcore EPs he never recorded, and the release date for Rootbeer & Inspecta Spark’s project Murder Treats.
The songs from this month’s episode have also been collected into Rootbeer & Rawhide’s Ultimate Halloween Playlist.
After a month off, Rootbeer & Rawhide Rate Rappers returns with a discussion on the best album closers. Plus Rawhide gives an update on his grand migration to Northern Virginia, Rootbeer formally announces the Murder Treats EP with Inspecta Spark, coming soon, and gives the story behind the project name. Also, Rootbeer teases Rawhide about his access to Mountain Dew Spark and the guys give their thoughts on the recently-released Donda and Certified Lover Boy albums.
You ever hear a song you really like and you can’t wait for the album to drop, only to discover that single has actually been cut? Episode 34 of Rootbeer & Rawhide Rate Rappers is an ode to cut singles with the dudes each listing their Top 5 and exploring where it all went wrong. Also: Rawhide can’t figure out how to turn his phone notifications off, Rootbeer teases an upcoming collaboration project and the duo announces the early stages of Whiteout! 3.
10 years ago, Rootbeer and The Rawhide Kid pooled their efforts and dropped the collaboration album, Whiteout! mere days before graduating college. In celebration of its anniversary, Whiteout! is now available to stream on Spotify.
Rootbeer and Rawhide have also recorded a two-part podcast reflecting on the album and talking about everything from concepts to production. They reminisce about an epic performance of “Club on Fire” (check out the video below), expand on the stories told in “Upstate Upbringing,” Rootbeer rustles papers very very loudly, Rawhide has a theory that connects “2 Angry White Boyz” with “Xan4merz” and Rootbeer delves into the artist’s struggle of creativity leading to real-life accusations. Also…pterodactyl porn?
Shout out to Beeks, Ariel, SES, Bryan Mekeel, Jon Wendt, DJ D-Wreck, Bryan Leo & the listeners
In Episode 32 of Rootbeer & Rawhide Rate Rappers, the guys go through more lyrics they heard wrong. Is The Game secretly a Harry Potter fan? Does Nelly like soup? The answer to all of these questions and more…is no. Plus: Rawhide announces a big life change!
On Episode 31, Rootbeer and Rawhide discuss their favorite skits from hip-hop albums and debate whether or not skits still have a place in the genre. Also, Rootbeer has pink eye, Rawhide is an expert at “carefully crafted stupid,” a well-behaved dog, and a test to see if the podcast gets flagged for copyright infringement!